The EU’s May 18th decision to use military force to tackle the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean is a significant development. The decision comes at a time of increasing pressure on Europe to act in the …

Concorde delivered a technological and engineering advancement. Retired in 2003, due to high profile crash and expensive outmoded technology, Concorde provided a lesson that should be adhered to by another advancement of the twentieth century – Nuclear Weapons.

Magna Carta, King John of England and Barons uploaded by Pia Carrot via Wikimedia Commons

2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta in Runnymede by King John of England. Although most of it has been repealed or amended, it introduced the Rule of Law, and this was the first major curtailment …

The Yugoslav crisis of the nineties is considered Europe’s bloodiest conflict since WW2. The region still very much bears the consequences of the years of bloodshed which claimed thousands of lives, as the Balkan states still present severe social …

It was the French colonialists that first conceptualised the importance of winning the hearts and minds of a population. This instrument of soft power, which has been subsequently adopted by a variety of state actors, has evolved from targeting native foreign populations to targeting a hegemonic globalised …

On the 12th March 2015 Britain announced, to the surprise of many, that it would become a founding member of China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). It was a move that has exposed cracks in the so-called ‘special relationship’ between the US and the UK, …

In February of this year Russian Leader Putin, Ukrainian leader Poroshenko, Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande work to reach the second ‘Minsk Agreement’, which represents an attempt to freeze the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. It’s most notable points called for an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons, the …

On April 15th, 2014, the acting president Olexander Turchynov announced the beginning of an “anti-terrorist operation” in eastern Ukraine. A year has gone by and the conflict in eastern Ukraine continues to rage on, displacing thousands from their homes and bringing devastation to Ukraine’s industrial sites and urban centers. …

A local harbour pilot, a national navy and coastguard. These three facets of modern Marine life are often associated with defence activity, assistance of visiting vessels and ad-hoc rescue missions. But what happens when a rescue mission becomes the status quo, and how appropriate is it …

Over a fortnight ago, European leaders were confronted by a humanitarian disaster of tragic proportions. The deaths of 700 refugees of the coast of Libya is the latest in a series of drowning incidents in the Mediterranean this year. What’s more, from January to April there have been 17 …